Stocking-knee protector



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E. E. HALE.

STOGKING KNEE YROTEGTOR.

Patented Nom-14 n. Ferns. mbumoppur. wnmnm. u. e

EMMAEYHALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKlNG-KNEE PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,520, dated November 14, 1882.

Application filed February 6, 1882. (No model.)

ment in Stocking-Knee Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and effective protector for the knees of childrens stockings; and this object I attain 1o in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanyin'g drawings, in Which- Figure lis a view showing the protector applied to the knee ofthe stocking, and Fig. 2 a

view of said protector detached and spread out in order to show the construction ofthe same.

The protector consists of a central piece, a, and two side pieces, b b, the latter being tapered, and their Wide or front edges, d, being 2o made of convex shape and secured to the concave edgesfof the central piece, a. (See Fig. 2.) By thus shaping the parts a perfectly snug tit ot'the protector tothe knee of the stocking can be effected, as shownin Fig. l, the ends of the side pieces, b b, being `joined in the bend ot' the knee and secured by the button and button-hole or other equivalent fastening. In order, however, to prevent the slipping of the protector down onto the calf of the leg, I provide the central piece, a., with an extension, m,

in which is a button-hole adapted to a button` on the stocking, the latter being supported as usual, so that the protector, when in use, is al- Ways held in proper position on the cap of the knee, and the stocking is eft'ecti'ially prevented from becoming Worn at this point.

The protector may be made oi' strong cloth, that preferred being a felted fabric, as the latter is Well calculated to retain the shape imparted to it and to resist the rough usage to which it is subjectedl I claim as my inventionv 1. The Within-described stocking-protector, comprising the central piece, a, with concave edgesf, the side pieces, b b, having convex edges d, united to said concave edgesf, and a fastening device adapted to unite the free ends of the side pieces, b, in the bend ot' the knee, as set forth.

2. The Within-described stocking-knee protector, comprising the central piece, a, with concave edges j' and upwardly-projecting tongue m, constructedl for direct attachment to the stocking, the side pieces, b b, with convex edges d, united to the edgesj', and a fastening adapted yto imite the free ends ofthe side pieces, b, in the bend ot' the knee, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specitication in the presence ot' tivo subscribing witnesses.

EMMA E. HALE.v

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

